28 March 2016

A bombing on Easter Sunday killed 65 people in a park in the eastern
city of Lahore that was crowded with Christians, including many
children.

A breakaway Pakistani
faction of the militant Taliban group claimed responsibility.
Ahsanullah Ahsan, spokesman for Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, told the Associated
Press that a suicide bomber with the faction deliberately targeted the
Christian community.

The explosion took place near the children's
rides in Gulshan-e-Iqbal park local police chief Haider Ashraf said. He
said the explosion appeared to have been a suicide bombing, but
investigations were ongoing.